A huge well done to PD Freya and her handler for passing their General Purpose course. Thank you to PC MacDonald from @clevelandpolice for coming over to license for us!

A warm welcome to TPD Vesper and TPD Oakley 💙 These German Shepherd puppies are the newest recruits to Cumbria Police Dog Section and are following in the paw-prints of their dad, PD Ben! We look forward to seeing them progress through their training 🐕

🥳 Happy 5th birthday to PD Astra and her brother, PD Moose

Happy New Year from TPD Otto and the rest of us at Cumbria Police Dog Section ✨

🎄1️⃣2️⃣ PD Quake and PD Brodie Merry Christmas from all of us at Cumbria Police Dog Section Looks like PD Quake has got the elf under control..

🎄1️⃣1️⃣ PD Viper is ready for Christmas! We hope everyone has a safe and happy Christmas Eve 🎅

🎄🔟 We’re now into double digits and bringing double the fun, TPD Otis and his brother, TPD Wilson. The pair are German Shorthaired Pointers, a breed we’ve not had on the section for a few years! We’re excited for their careers and seeing them progress from puppies to PDs.

🎄9️⃣ PD Brock 👉 Brock passed his General Purpose course back in October. GP dogs are some of the most versatile on the section, with skills including tracking suspects, searching for missing people and locating missing property.

🎄8️⃣ Introducing TPD Nala Nala is one of our newest dogs on the section and will be starting her course in 2026 to become one of our specialist search dogs She looks pretty happy to be a part of the team and we are equally as happy to have her!

🎄7️⃣ PD Ben 🐕 Ben is one of our General Purpose dogs and has been on the section for over a year now. He has also recently took on another role… becoming a dad to a litter of pups!

🎄6️⃣ Day 6 - PD Dylan Dylan licensed as a police dog last month and will be spending his first Christmas as a dog with a job 🎅

🎄5️⃣ Introducing TPD Freya She is one of our newest recruits on the dog section and will be starting her General Purpose course in the New Year. Until then, she’s perfecting her festive skills… including removing Santa hats at speed 🎅

Day four of our twelve dogs of Christmas 🎄 4️⃣ Today we have PD Jovi Jovi works as one of our drugs, cash and firearms detection dogs. What could take humans hours to search, dogs like Jovi can often locate in minutes.

Day three of our twelve dogs of Christmas 🎄 3️⃣ Day three introduces PD Milo and PD Astra. They recently had job trials for Santa’s reindeers.. Luckily for us they decided turn down the job offer and keep their PD titles 😅

Day two of our twelve dogs of Christmas 🎄 2️⃣ Today we have TPD Otto, who turns one today 🥳 Otto will start his initial course in 2026 to be one of our General Purpose dogs 🗓️ We’ll keep you updated with his progress when he starts his course.

Day one of our twelve dogs of Christmas 🎄 Over the next twelve days we will be introducing our dogs and the different roles they play in Cumbria Police 🐾 1️⃣ Starting with PD Elf-ish (..Elvis) - one of our specialist search dogs on the section

And a happy retirement to RPD Harley 👏 Harley is putting her paws up after a dedicated career working alongside her sister, RPD Sansa, as one of our Victim Recovery and Forensic Evidence Search dogs. We wish her a long, happy and well-earned retirement 🐾

Happy retirement to RPD Sansa, who has retired following a successful career at Cumbria Police We wish her a long, happy and well-deserved retirement 🐾

On Sat (1 Nov) PD Drake will be retiring and we want to wish him a long and happy retirement Drake is a Drugs, Cash and Firearms detection dog, and also a Passive Search dog His handler described him as a super dog to have as his shift partner, with amazing enthusiasm in his work